[3rd Meeting] CA20139 HELEN - Holistic design of taller timber buildings

Our 3rd Meeting of the COST Action CA20139 — “Holistic design of taller timber buildings” (HELEN) took place on May 15-16, 2023, in Lisbon, Portugal. COST Actions are intergovernmental programs that promote cooperation between research organizations from different European countries in science and technology. For further information, please check the Action Website: https://cahelen.eu/

We are organized into four interdisciplinary working groups to achieve our goals in the field of multi-story timber building design fields:
Working group 1: Design for adaption, reuse, and repair
Working group 2: Deformations and vibrations
Working group 3: Accidental load situations
Working group 4: Sustainability and durability

In the Work Group 4 of the Cost Action on Sustainability and Durability, we focused on the following:

The disparity of Environmental Product Declarations for Timber Materials & Construction Elements
Embodied GHG emissions of timber buildings: The hidden challenges
Implications of CEN 350 TC Circular Economy in Construction Sector: Framework, Principles and Definitions

We agreed to create two subgroups last meeting. Subgroup 1 will be led by Steffen working on Durability, and Subgroup 2 will be led by myself and working on Sustainability. We will consolidate our work as chapters to be submitted as part of the final COST Action guide during the coming two years.

For further information, please visit the annex webpage: https://cahelen.eu/

Read Meeting 1 Infonews: https://lnkd.in/eyCDFAxf

Read Meeting 2 Infonews: https://lnkd.in/ehJ7EVEe

Thanks to the Action Leader Gerhard Fink for the invitation and organization. Thanks to Rafael Passarelli, Sebastian Krug, Boris Forsthuber, Thomas Thiis, Philippe Grönquist, Dr.-Ing.Helen Hein, Lena Teichmann, Yutaka Goto, Chiara Piccardo, Erwin M. Schau, Conan O'Ceallaigh, and Joris Van Acker, for your active participation. Special thanks to Steffen Franke and Jens Frohnmüller for the co-organization.

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